[Finale] crash when un/plugging USB headset

2010-03-07 Thread SN jef chippewa
is there something in the audio/MIDI setup that could be letting this happen? i get a crash whenever plugging or unplugging a logitech USB headset (headphones + mic). ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] Re: phantom word extension

2010-03-07 Thread dhbailey
Don Hart wrote: Solved with the Update smart word extensions and hyphens feature in the *utilities menu*! A feature I was unaware of, (new since 2006, I guess) that seems totally worthy of membership somewhere in the Lyrics menu. Or so one would think. - DH I've long ago given up trying

Re: [Finale] Re: phantom word extension

2010-03-07 Thread Barbara Touburg
dhbailey wrote: I've long ago given up trying to decipher any logic in the MakeMusic placement of menu items. Should we send a request for editable menu structures, like M$ Word has? Or can someone write a plugin for it? ___ Finale mailing list

Re: [Finale] crash when un/plugging USB headset

2010-03-07 Thread dhbailey
SN jef chippewa wrote: is there something in the audio/MIDI setup that could be letting this happen? i get a crash whenever plugging or unplugging a logitech USB headset (headphones + mic). ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] Re: phantom word extension

2010-03-07 Thread dhbailey
Barbara Touburg wrote: dhbailey wrote: I've long ago given up trying to decipher any logic in the MakeMusic placement of menu items. Should we send a request for editable menu structures, like M$ Word has? Or can someone write a plugin for it? I doubt a plug-in could change the menu

Re: [Finale] Re: phantom word extension

2010-03-07 Thread Jari Williamsson
dhbailey wrote: It seems as if they've tried to be obtuse. I quite agree that anything which affects Lyrics should be in the Lyrics menu, but no, if it has a utilititarian nature, it might go in the Utilities menu, or if you might happen to use it while editing the score (duh, isn't that

Re: [Finale] Re: phantom word extension

2010-03-07 Thread Don Hart
So true, David. Finale's versatility, the main draw for most of its fans, often get's in its own way. There's always some logic for various aspects of the user interface. But because we all can, and probably do, work in very personalized ways with the program, the best solution for one misses

[Finale] document now extremely slow to respond

2010-03-07 Thread SN jef chippewa
i am in the midst of doing the parts for an orchestral work and suddenly certain operations are excessively slow in this particular document. i ran TGTools explode parts on several instruments and response to clearing some measures (selection tool) is now up to 30 secs, but sometimes (not

Re: [Finale] document now extremely slow to respond

2010-03-07 Thread SN jef chippewa
, could it be that there are now 125 staves (and growing) in the document? i discovered that i don't have this prob in page view or in staff sets (no more than 16 or so staves in each), i seem to only have the problem in scroll view with all staves showing. what might be causing

Re: [Finale] Re: phantom word extension

2010-03-07 Thread David W. Fenton
On 7 Mar 2010 at 8:46, dhbailey wrote: The list goes on and on -- If a person uses a particular version of Finale a lot, every day, the location of the menu items doesn't really matter because one quickly becomes familiar with them all, but for people who use it less frequently, the

Re: [Finale] multiple voices

2010-03-07 Thread John Howell
At 7:57 PM +0100 3/7/10, dc wrote: Which of these two notations is better? Or are they both wrong? www.collins.lautre.net/files/3voices.jpg I don't know what's right, but I like the second one better for reading. Having the two upper voices matched seems to make better sense than having

Re: [Finale] multiple voices

2010-03-07 Thread David W. Fenton
On 7 Mar 2010 at 14:11, John Howell wrote: At 7:57 PM +0100 3/7/10, dc wrote: Which of these two notations is better? Or are they both wrong? www.collins.lautre.net/files/3voices.jpg I don't know what's right, but I like the second one better for reading. Having the two upper voices

Re: [Finale] document now extremely slow to respond

2010-03-07 Thread Christopher Smith
Sounds like an issue with TG Tools, maybe it creates more entries that slow things up. I would talk to him. I often get double copies of hairpins and slurs when copying. I don't know why, but Implode certainly creates 3 hairpins on the resulting staff when only 2 staves (totalling 2

[Finale] Cues with linked, voiced parts

2010-03-07 Thread Christopher Smith
I can't believe this is the first time I am dealing with this, but it is the case. I have Flute 1 and Flute 2 on the same staff in the score, set to use the TOP note or Layer 1 for Flute 1, and the BOTTOM note or Layer 2 in Flute 2 for the parts. The problem is the oboe cue. It appears

Re: [Finale] multiple voices

2010-03-07 Thread Darcy James Argue
Bottom one. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 7 Mar 2010, at 1:57 PM, dc wrote: Which of these two notations is better? Or are they both wrong? www.collins.lautre.net/files/3voices.jpg Thanks, Dennis ___

Re: [Finale] Cues with linked, voiced parts

2010-03-07 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Chris, I'm assuming you have the usual settings -- in Edit Voicings: Flute 1 = Selected Notes From One or More Layer(s); In Measures Containing a Single Layer Display Top Note; Multiple Layers = Layer 1 Flute 2 = Selected Notes From One or More Layer(s); In Measures Containing a Single

[Finale] White Out around finger numbers in tab

2010-03-07 Thread George Ports
The white out around fingering on tab doesn't work on the first 3 chords of a song...the rest are fine. To input or edit these I: dbl clicked fretboard to get dhord definition menu. Clicked on edit styles/ fingering numbers/ the white out is set to 0. Finale screen shows it to be

Re: [Finale] multiple voices

2010-03-07 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
dc wrote: Which of these two notations is better? Or are they both wrong? In my view, neither one is wrong. However, the context within which the fragments occur might make one a better choice than the other. My general rule of thumb is that the most critical information should be

Re: [Finale] Cues with linked, voiced parts

2010-03-07 Thread Christopher Smith
Darcy! Thanks! That was it, I had to NOT have anything in Layer 1. I did go back and enter whole rests as expressions (auto-placement, gotta love it!) and I did also have ONE note infringing on a measure with real notes, but I entered it as an expression and all was well. I could even

Re: [Finale] multiple voices

2010-03-07 Thread SN jef chippewa
i find in the bottom one, graphically speaking, you don't notice the displacement as much; in the top you notice it twice very obviously. it also looks to me like you could shorten the stem of the middle voice and have almost no (maybe none) horizontal displacement on the 1st beat.

[Finale] transposed instr. accis disappear

2010-03-07 Thread SN jef chippewa
is there a way to freeze the accidentals globally in their current state so that they show in a transposed part even if finale thinks it isn't necessary? i tried TGTool shift accis calibrate only / don't move but that didn't solve this problem. i have spent lots of time working on a C

Re: [Finale] transposed instr. accis disappear

2010-03-07 Thread Christopher Smith
There are unfortunately many bugs (not undocumented behaviour, but just bugs) in dealing with accidentals in non-key-signature parts. I have come across some passages where it is simply impossible to have the accidental appear correctly, unless I re-enter the measure and add accidentals by

Re: [Finale] transposed instr. accis disappear

2010-03-07 Thread SN jef chippewa
There are unfortunately many bugs (not undocumented behaviour, but just bugs) ok, thanks for letting me know at least. (BTW, ingenious operation there with the parentheses!) even more ingenious would be if i ever finish the chart showing how every pitch step transposes the 1/4 tones with

Re: [Finale] transposed instr. accis disappear

2010-03-07 Thread SN jef chippewa
when working on scores in C, do you find it easier to keep the instrument in the score as if a C instrument and set the part staff to transpose? this way you can set up a staff set to simultaneously see the score (C) and part (transposed) staves for the instrument(s) while proofing before